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Friday, August 26, 2005

Baking some rye buns

I am a decent baker, but I have some problems with darker, healthier breads. Normal white? Yeah, that I can do. My dark breads never seem to rise very well. However, this recipe is absolutely failproof. You can fiddle around with it, adding practically anything. Just beware of using too much flour, it can make it a little too dry and crumbly.

And note that Swedish recipes almost always measure everything in deciliters, rather than in weight measures. Sorry - I haven't converted this but used it like this. For americans - 1 dl equals 2/5 of a cup, or 0.4 cup. And of course, 1 dl is 100 ml.

Dissolve the yeast in the water, add the fat. Add everything else and mix together, a Kitchen-Aid makes this very easy. Let it rise for a mere 10 minutes. Divide and roll into buns (I weighed mine, and got 14 buns, all about 100 g which I feel is a good size). Let them rise for another 15 minutes, and bake in a preheated oven (225 degrees C) for 10 minutes.

I was really sceptical of the short rising time - but it worked out just fine! However, I still want to try even darker breads. Anyone want to share your favorite recipe?

3 comments:

The only bread I do on fairly regular basis is a really dark bread made on sour milk, syrup and just about a little of all different packages on the flour shelf. You just pour the stuff together and bake in the oven really long in bread forms. Interested? I guess you already have some recipe like this, since it's so easy. My hands don't like to work the dough, so this is perfect for me.